I’m a Swiss Army knife. Versatile. Dependable. There when you need me, and capable of fulfilling any role required at the time. Up to a point, just like a Swiss Army knife.
Like the Swiss Army Knife, I’m pretty good at things as long as it doesn’t require a specialty tool or an actual skill. When that happens I’m thrown into a fit of denial. I’ll try to grow a new limb if I have to. Learn just enough to get through the task, then forget what I’ve learned because I’ll never repeat the task again.
And maybe this is the reason I don’t like gadgets that are made to do everything. Don’t get me wrong, I like my gadgets. I just like to have them dedicated to one thing.
I have a camera and it doesn’t make phone calls. I love me camera. I have a smart phone too. And it’s pretty good at making calls, an ok point and shoot camera, a lousy web browser, a poor txter, rediculous file storage device, piss poor flashlight, and oh yeah, I’m told I can watch TV on it. Right.
So this love for gadgets and need for single purpose devices has brought me to the Peek. Peek is the email only device and was Wired magazines gadget of the year for 2008. Those two features weren’t enough to get me hooked though. There was no way I was going to pay $20 a month for service.
That’s when Peek ran a one day only offer that included free email service as long as you own the device. no maintenance fees for a single purpose email device. Damn, they got me. So here I am on the train, writing this post on my Peek. I’ll let you know how we get along over time.
